Miss America Laurie Lee Schatler Returns Home in Ohio
Laurie Lee Schatler of Columbus greeted with hometown welcome after winning Miss America title in Atlantic City. The 22 year old brunette, first home visit since victory five weeks ago, toured festivities including lunch at the governor's mansion. Barbara A. Cornfield, Navy journalist at Newport Naval Station, named 1971 Wave of the Year. she is 25 from San Bernardino and started Navy career four years ago.
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Amerlea
Laurie Lee Schatler
Columbus
Oslo
Simday
Nixon
Atlantic City
Barbara A. Cornfield
Newport
R.I.) Naval Station
Miss Cornfield
San Bernardino
Calif
Freed POW Receives Purple Heart in Denver Hospital
Sgt. John Sexton Jr., 23, of Warren Michigan, the 24th American released by the Viet Cong, was awarded the Purple Heart with a second Oak Leaf Cluster at Fitzsimons General Hospital. Maj. Gen. James Wier presented the medal as Sexton, who spent 26 months as a prisoner, recounted his escape and injuries from the August 1969 rocket attack.
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Vietnam Jungles
Denver
James Wier
Fitzsimons General Hospital
Army
John Sexton Jr
Warren, Mich
Sexton
John Sexton Sr
Warren
Army Hospital
Nixon plans wage and price boards and trade moves
The Nixon administration will activate wage and price controls after the freeze expires and name members of the Pay Board and Price Commission likely including former Governor William Scranton. It seeks to lower inflation to 2 to 3 percent by year end and urges partners to remove trade barriers while considering selective removal of the import surcharge.
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Nixon
U.S
Pay Board
The
Price Commission
Paris
Treasury
John B. Connally
Specifia
United States
White House
Connally
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Organized Labor
Pay Hoard
Price
Der
John F. Kennedy
Uruguayan Ministers Duel Over Shootout Returns Quiet Draw
In Uruguay interior Minister Danilo Sena and former industry and labor minister Enrique Erro engaged in a pistol duel Sunday but the match ended scoreless. The event drew attention to political tensions and highlighted the pair's controversial standoff.
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Uruguay
Danilo Sena
Enrique Erro
Industry and Labor
Wns
Uruguayan duel ends with no wounds in field near Montevideo
Sena a brigadier general and Erro dueled after public accusations with pistols under Uruguayan law. All four shots missed as a three man court of honor deemed sufficient cause for the duel. Earlier, Erro defeated Gaudin in a separate duel. Gaudin died hours later of a heart attack.
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Sena
Erro
Army School of Armaments and Services
Montevideo
Gaudin
Nixon to convert Fort Detrick germ labs into cancer research center
President Nixon announced plans to transform Fort Detrick Army germ warfare laboratories into a leading cancer research center open to global scientists. He noted the move fits a long dreamed shift from war to peace as the facility, once secret, becomes a center for saving lives with support from the National Cancer Institute and Congress approved funding.
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UPI
Nixon
Army
Lees
Hee
Army Post
Niven
Post
Soviet Union
House
Senate
National Cancer Institute
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